Exhibiting Classical Antiquity during the Nazi Era
Irene Bald Romano, Ph.D.
Professor of Art History and Professor of Anthropology, University of Arizona
ireneromano@arizona.edu
Much has been written about the interest in Greek and Roman antiquity
and its appropriation under National Socialism, but among the questions
that had not been asked in the abundance of scholarship on the Nazi
period were: first, do the rhetoric, propaganda,
and supposed Nazi preference for the classical aesthetic match what we
know about the practice of collecting classical antiquities, both among
the Nazi elite and for museums in Germany and wider Reich? And,
secondly, how and where was classical art exhibited
during this period? Dr. Romano will discuss both public museum
exhibitions, as well as what we know about collections of classical
antiquities displayed in the private spaces of Adolf Hitler and Hermann
Göring, highlighting the use of copies of classical works
of art and the promotion of Neo-classical art by approved Nazi artists.
Finally, Dr. Romano will call attention to some recent museum
exhibitions that reveal the Nazi history of specific classical
antiquities.
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Archaeologist Irene
Bald Romano holds a joint appointment as Professor of Art History in the
School of Art and Professor of Anthropology in the School of
Anthropology at the University of Arizona. She also has affiliated
appointments
in the Department of Religious Studies and Classics and in the Center
for Middle East Studies, and is the Curator of Mediterranean Archaeology
at the Arizona State Museum of the University of Arizona. Dr. Romano is
co-director of a Graduate Certificate Program
in Museum Studies in the School of Art. From 2012 to 2015 she held the
administrative appointment of Deputy Director of the Arizona State
Museum She teaches courses on plundered art, cultural heritage issues,
museum studies, as well as on ancient art and archaeology
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We
will meet again at the balcony patio outside the Sabino Room of the
Memorial Student Union on the University of Arizona campus at 11:30,
with lunch served inside at 12:00 noon (see diagram below).
Parking is available as always at the Second Street Garage. The cost
of the lunch will be $45 per person, cash or check ("HCSAZ") payable at
the door.
Please respond at the link below. Make sure to indicate how many people
will be in your party and their names. Identify your entrée selection.
Please respond no later than
February 10. |
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